There are different grades of maple syrup... golden, amber, dark and very dark. The darker, the stronger the flavor. For me, the classic is the snow scene can.
You’ve reminded me of a section in Laura Ingalls Winder’s ‘Little House in the Big Woods’, chapters 7 and 8 with the sugar snow.
They make maple syrup and it’s a bumper year as their is a cold snap after an initial thaw.
The description of the process, the celebration and the eating it neat.
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